• Common name : Bay • Scientific name : Laurusnobilis • Family : Lauraceae • Native land : Mediterranean Bay is an evergreen tree. It may grow to 40 feet in its native regions. The tree or woody potted shrub bears dense, pointed, elliptical leaves, rather leathery in texture. The leaves are bright green when […]
• Common name : Lamb’s Ears • Scientific name : Stachysbyzantina • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Central-Eastern Turkey, Northern Iran, Caucasus Lamb’s ear is a hardy herbaceous perennial. The shape of the leaf and texture resemble a lamb’s ear. It is popular for its thick, soft, velvety, silver-grey leaves. The leaves are
• Common name : Konjac • Scientific name : Amorphophalluskonjac • Family : Araceae • Native land : Warm sub-tropical to tropical Eastern Asia Konjac is a perennial plant. It grows from a large corm up to 25 cm in diameter. It has a single leaf of about 1.3 metres in length, across, bipinnate, and
Saturn has the biggest and brightest rings. Galileo, an astronomer, was the first to notice these rings in 1610. These rings vary in size and are formed from ice and rocks. The Earth has only one moon, but Saturn has around 60. There are seven large rings of Saturn, but actually each large ring is
• Common name : German Turnip, Turnip Cabbage • Scientific name : Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes • Family : Brassicaceae/Cruciferae • Native land : Europe and North Africa Kohlrabi is an annual vegetable. It is a low, stout cultivar of cabbage. Kohlrabi is a strange looking vegetable, very different from other family members (cabbage, broccoli,
• Common name : Kiwi, Chinese Gooseberry • Scientific name : Actinidiadeliciosa • Family : Actinideaceae • Native land : Southern China Kiwi is a woody deciduous vine. It can grow up to 10 metres tall. The flowers are white to cream-coloured. The russet-brown fruit is an oval berry densely covered with short, stiff, brown
The corona is a Latin word which means ‘crown’. Corona is the outer atmosphere of the Sun. It is present over a vast area starting from the Sun to millions of kilometres into space. The corona of the Sun is much hotter than its visible surface. The corona appears as an uneven glow of light
• Common name : Brindleberry, Malabar Tamarind • Scientific name : Garciniagummi-gutta • Family : Clusiaceae • Native land : Indonesia This plant is an evergreen, dioecious, understorey tree. Its branching is usually horizontal or drooping with thick, glossy, dark green leaves. It is mainly grown for its fruit that looks like a small pumpkin
• Common name : Jerusalem Sage • Scientific name : Phlomisfruticosa • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Mediterranean region This plant can be herbaceous perennials or evergreen shrubs, with sage-like leaves and whorls of tubular, hooded flowers. They bloom around the months of March and June. The erect shoots bear grey-green ovate leaves.
Radiation is energy that is given out in the form of waves or particles from a source. Radiation can be in the form of heat, sound and light. For example, the heat from a hot stove or light bulb is heat radiation. Similarly, the warmth of the Sun felt while standing under it is due
A satellite is any object that revolves around a planet. A satellite can be natural or artificial. There are many natural satellites in our Solar system. The most commonly known natural satellite is the Earth’s moon. On the other hand, the artificial or man-made satellites are machines launched into space for a particular purpose. Some
• Common name : Wineberry, Wine Raspberry, Japanese Wineberry • Scientific name : Rubusphoenicolasius • Family : Rosaceae • Native land : Japan, Korea and China It is a perennial shrub with long arching stems up to 9 feet in length. Upright stems have red gland tipped hair and small spines. The leaves are alternate,
UFOs are ‘Unidentified Flying Objects’. The term ‘UFO’ for Unidentified Flying Object was coined by the US Air Force officer Edward Ruppelt in 1952. Some people call them ‘flying saucers’, while some call them ‘alien ships’. Various theories exist about what UFOs might actually be, but these are just notions as basically no UFO has
• Common name : Dragon Root, Wild Turnip • Scientific name : Arisaematriphyllum • Family : Araceae • Native land : Eastern and Mid-Western North America It is a herbaceous perennial flower, spring-flowering bulb. It produces one to two 3-lobed leaves 12 to 18 inches high. The flowers have two distinct parts: a spathe, and
The word ‘nebula’ is derived from the Latin word ‘nebulae’, which means mist. Nebula or nebulas cannot be observed with a telescope as they are faint misty places in the sky. There are two types of nebula present: galactic and extra-galactic. The first ones are found in the Milky Way. They are made up of